Re: Read AIFF metadata

2013-03-31 Thread Michael Schwendt
On Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:35:31 -0400, Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu wrote: > Yes, I can see the aiff files if I use the "Add File" button and change > the filter to "All files". If I select an aiff track and click the > "Open" button, it doesn't actually get added. That is, I end up with > nothing in my qu

Re: Read AIFF metadata

2013-03-29 Thread Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu
On Fri, 2013-03-29 at 11:22 +0100, Michael Schwendt wrote: > "Doesn't work" isn't a useful problem description. > > How do you try to add the file? With the "Add File" button? With that one > the file dialog here shows *.aiff files if I enable the filter "All files > (*.*)". There is no separate f

Re: Read AIFF metadata

2013-03-29 Thread Michael Schwendt
On Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:43:14 -0400, Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu wrote: > I spoke a bit too soon. I just realized that my latest test was done > on a box where I didn't have all of the gstreamer plugins installed. > After installing them, the latest soundconverter release on F17 was able > to properl

Re: Read AIFF metadata

2013-03-27 Thread Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu
On 2013-02-11 06:19, Michael Schwendt wrote: If it still fails for you, I would need to see the terminal debug output. I spoke a bit too soon. I just realized that my latest test was done on a box where I didn't have all of the gstreamer plugins installed. After installing them, the latest

Re: Read AIFF metadata

2013-03-27 Thread Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu
On 2013-02-11 06:19, Michael Schwendt wrote: but after selecting the file, I couldn't see it in the soundconverter main window. I had nothing to convert! That's odd, but I cannot comment on it without a look at the output of "soundconverter -d" for the attempt at loading the file. I can't lo

Re: Read AIFF metadata

2013-02-11 Thread Michael Schwendt
On Sun, 10 Feb 2013 21:56:57 -0500, Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu wrote: > What I meant to say was soundconverter wouldn't > even load the AIFFs. That is, I could see the files if I changed the > filter to "ALL" when looking for files to open, The various filter settings in the file selector are just bec

Re: Read AIFF metadata

2013-02-10 Thread Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu
On Sun, 2013-02-10 at 13:27 +0100, Michael Schwendt wrote: > "it no worky" is a very poor problem description, unfortunately. :-/ Ya, sorry about that. What I meant to say was soundconverter wouldn't even load the AIFFs. That is, I could see the files if I changed the filter to "ALL" when looking

Re: Read AIFF metadata

2013-02-10 Thread Michael Schwendt
On Sat, 09 Feb 2013 21:01:09 -0500, Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu wrote: > On Sat, 2013-02-09 at 18:06 +0100, Michael Schwendt wrote: > > I wonder what happens if you convert them using "soundconverter"? > > SoundConverter uses GStreamer as a backend, which afaik handles ID3 > > tags in AIFF files. > > I

Re: Read AIFF metadata

2013-02-09 Thread Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu
On Sat, 2013-02-09 at 18:06 +0100, Michael Schwendt wrote: > I wonder what happens if you convert them using "soundconverter"? > SoundConverter uses GStreamer as a backend, which afaik handles ID3 > tags in AIFF files. I installed soundconverter and tried to read in one of the AIFF files - it no w

Re: Read AIFF metadata

2013-02-09 Thread Michael Schwendt
On Sat, 09 Feb 2013 10:17:48 -0500, Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu wrote: > I'd appreciate a recommendation for an audio player that can read AIFF > metadata in GNOME or better yet, how I can convert these AIFFs to FLAC > and keep the metadata intact. I wonder what happens if you conv

Read AIFF metadata

2013-02-09 Thread Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu
, the tracks are clearly not broken. I tried converting the AIFFs to FLAC with ffmpeg and flac, but the metadata was still missing. I'd appreciate a recommendation for an audio player that can read AIFF metadata in GNOME or better yet, how I can convert these AIFFs to FLAC and keep the metad